Meuse–Rhine Euroregion

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine (French EuRegion Meuse -Rhin, Dutch. Euregio Maas- Rijn ) is the European region in the border area of Belgium / Germany / Netherlands around the cities of Aachen, Liege and Maastricht (French Aix-la-Chapelle/Liège/Maastricht, ndl. Aken / Luik / Maastricht).

To the north it borders the Euregio Rhein- Maas -Nord, on the east by the Cologne / Bonn region and in the south to the region Saar -Lor -Lux. The Euroregion covers an area of ​​11,000 square kilometers and has about 3.9 million inhabitants.

History

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine was founded in 1976 as a working group and in 1991 received the legal form of a foundation (Dutch Stichting, French " fondation " ) under Dutch law. She was a long time resident in the Provinciehuis the Dutch province of Limburg in Maastricht. Since 1 January 2007 it has its seat in the Belgian Eupen.

Field of work

The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion consists of:

  • The Belgian province of Limburg,
  • The southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg,
  • The Belgian province of Liège,
  • The German-speaking Community of Belgium and
  • Regio Aachen:

Regio Aachen

The Aachen region as a nationwide German part of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine consists of the Aachen region, the district of Düren, Euskirchen the circle and the circle Heinberg and is the western half of the district of Cologne. It also coincides with the former government district of Aachen, except the municipalities Niederkruechten and Elmpt, plus the former district of Euskirchen. Other historic territories, of which the regions forming the core area, are on the one hand, the Département de la Roer and on the other the Duchy of Jülich plus a free imperial city of Aachen, Reichsabtei Burtscheid and imperial abbey Kornelimünster; also here the Carolingian lay nomes Rurgau, Jülichgau and Western Mühlgau. In 1981, the Regio Aachen was founded as a registered association.

Geographically it is located as the westernmost region of Germany on the junction of the North Eifel and High Venn in the south to the north and Jülich flare is almost identical with the catchment area of ​​the river Rur. In the east, the Cologne / Bonn region joins.

Other names used for the Regio Aachen Aachen, Aachen / Düren or western Rhineland. She agrees largely with the field of regional economic development agency AGIT mbH, the areas of the Chamber of Aachen and the Aachen Chamber of Commerce, the districts of the Landgericht Aachen, the assigned district courts and the neighboring district courts Erkelenz and Euskirchen, the territory of the district police authorities Aachen, Düren, Euskirchen and Heinberg, the core area of the Diocese of Aachen, the evangelical church circles Jülich and Aachen, the western part of the Ripuarian language area, the area of the Lower Forest Service Rureifel Jülich flange and the area of ​​water Eifel -Rur Association WVER match. As a cohesive economies in the Region of Aachen, the Aachen coal mining area ( between GER, Kohlscheid, Eschweiler and Siersdorf ) and the Rurschiene (of Linnich about Jülich and Düren to Kreuzau ) call.

Municipalities

In the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion following cities and towns are (selection):

Traveling within the Euregio

For travel in many regional trains and buses all, there is the Euregio ticket, a day pass for one person ( weekends and public holidays can another adult and up to three children will be taken away ). The ticket is valid

  • In the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Liège,
  • In the Dutch province of Limburg (southern part to real and Roermond )
  • In Aachen Transport Association (GCU) and the district of Euskirchen (VRS ).

The Regional Transport Meuse- Rhine is another way to travel within the Euregio area.

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